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Jun 24th, 2010

Learn how to make perfect Audio for your Video productions in this 2-hour tutorial by Michael Wohl …

There's a saying in the movie world" "Video is two-thirds Audio!" And it's true. If your video has poor color saturation or less than perfect compression, people will still watch it. But if your audio is too quiet or even worse clips into distortion, viewers will turn the channel every time.

Audio imparts the mood and tone of your production. It also contains the dialog, and typically the dialog is the part of a film that provides most of the actual information that tells the viewer the story. Consequently, Audio is very important to your Video productions …

In this 2-hour tutorial by Lead macProVideo.com trainer Michael Wohl, you'll learn all of the most important tips, tricks, and workflow techniques you need to make great sounding audio for your video productions.

Michael Wohl is famous for being one of the original designers of Final Cut Pro. He's also a veteran technical author and in particular, his book titled Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro is widely considered the industry-standard book for learning how to produce audio for video productions. You can now learn all of these important skills by watching - and LISTENING to - Michael as he shows you deep insider secrets on creating perfect audio using Final Cut Pro.

• Final Cut 7 101: Core Final Cut 7
• Final Cut 7 105: Sound Editing in Final Cut Studio
• Final Cut Studio: Pro Workflows

For a full list of the topics covered, see the Tutorial Outline
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• Chapter 1: Final Cut 7 105: Sound Editing in Final...
• 1: Introduction
• 01:12
  01. Introduction
• 01:59
  02. Location Recording
• 03:49
  03. Never Hit 0 dB
• 2: Audio Levels and Keyframes
• 04:18
  04. Audio Levels
• 05:59
  05. Audio Keyframes
• 03:06
  06. Subframe Keyframing
• 04:02
  07. Customizing the Keyboard
• 01:14
  08. Removing Keyframes
• 05:26
  09. Determining Levels
• 01:51
  10. Setting Dialogue Levels
• 3: Gain and Filters
• 02:56
  11. Applying Normalization Gain
• 00:40
  12. Removing Gain Filters
• 04:33
  13. Applying Compression
• 07:22
  14. Removing Background Noise
• 03:09
  15. Equalizing Clips
• 4: Creating Atmosphere
• 05:27
  16. Adding Room Tone
• 04:40
  17. Adding Ambiances - Part 1
• 02:46
  18. Adding Ambiances - Part 2
• 04:35
  19. Spotting for Sound Effects
• 02:06
  20. Placing Sound Effects
• 5: Organization and Libraries
• 04:27
  21. Organizing Tracks
• 01:37
  22. Using Professional Libraries
• 6: ADR and Foley
• 02:32
  23. Why Record ARD?
• 02:12
  24. Prepping for ADR
• 03:02
  25. Recording ADR
• 02:40
  26. Editing ADR
• 04:07
  27. Prepping for Foley
• 02:56
  28. Recording Foley
• 7: Adding a Music
• 02:08
  29. Working with Music
• 03:12
  30. Adding Music
• 03:00
  31. Score vs. Practical
• 05:12
  32. Music Editing
• 8: Mixing in Final Cut Pro
• 02:36
  33. About the Final Mix
• 03:50
  34. Setting up the Mixer Window
• 02:05
  35. Understanding the Mixer Controls
• 02:50
  36. Adjusting Audio Levels
• 02:45
  37. Bussing in Final Cut Pro
• 9: Mixing in Sound Track Pro
• 02:30
  38. Sending to Soundtrack Pro
• 01:30
  39. Understanding Soundtrack Pro Controls
• 01:52
  40. Mixing in STP
• 05:35
  41. Advantages to STP
• 01:23
  42. Roundtrip to STP
• 10: Wrapping Up
• 02:48
  43. Conforming FCP Projects
• 03:16
  44. Configuring Audio Options
• 00:58
  45. Outputting Channel Groups
• 01:21
  46. Working with Many Outputs
• 03:13
  47. Exporting OMF Files

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